Original title: Comparative Outcomes After Unprotected Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A National Linked Cohort Study of 5,065 Acute and Elective Cases From the BCIS Registry (British Cardiovascular Intervention Society). Reference: Sami S. Almudarra, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2014;7:717-30 Although myocardial revascularization surgery has long been the gold standard treatment for left main lesions, PCI has...
Original title: Coronary artery bypass grafting vs. percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with three-vessel disease: final five-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial. Reference: Eur Heart J. 2014 May 21. pii: ehu213. (Epub ahead of print). The SYNTAX study was one of the largest randomized clinical studies comparing long-term results of angioplasty versus surgery in multivessel disease and /or...
Original title: Pivotal Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Orbital Atherectomy System in Treating de Novo, Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions (ORBIT II) Reference: Jeffrey Chambers, et al. JACC Intervention 2014;7:510-8 Severely calcified coronary lesions, traditionally associated to difficult or impossible stent implantation, asymmetric stent expansion, higher post procedural events rate, more restenosis, more lesion revascularization,...
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The full coverage of TCT 2013, that takes place in San Francisco City from October 27th to November 1st . Partnership Session: Optimizing PCI Outcomes: SOLACI in Partnership with TCT Date: Monday, October 28 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room: Moscone West, 3rd Floor, Room 3010 Moderators: Martin B. Leon, Jamil Abdalla Saad, Gregg W. StoneDiscussants: Jorge Gaspar,...
Original title: Thinking Out of the Lumen: FFR Vs. Intravascular Imaging for MACE Prediction. Reference: Pedro R. Moreno et al. J Am Coll Cardiol, article in press. Intravascular imaging studies have shown that the lesions most likely to produce coronary events usually have modest luminal stenosis, large cap burden and thin fibrous cap. These plaques will evolve into a...
Original title: Multislice Computed Tomography Angiography for Non-invasive Assessment of the 18-Months Performance of a Novel Radiolucent Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolding Device (ABSORB Trial). Reference: Koen Nieman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol, article in press. Metal stents revolutionized coronary angioplasty procedures; however, they are permanent prosthetic devices that make re intervention difficult and prolongue thrombosis risk. This problem...
Original title: Changes in Plaque Lipid Content After Short-Term Intensive Versus Standard Statin Therapy. The YELLOW Trial (Reduction in Yellow Plaque by Aggressive Lipid-Lowering Therapy). Reference: Annapoorna S. Kini et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;62:21–9. Multiple studies have shown the benefits of statins in reducing all events, stabilize plaques and improve endothelial function. Coronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)...
Original title: Diagnostic Classification of the Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio Is Equivalent to Fractional Flow Reserve and Is Not Improved With Adenosine Administration. Results of CLARIFY (Classification Accuracy of Pressure-Only Ratios Against Indices Using Flow Study. Reference: Sayan Sen et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:1409–20. When considering revascularization, measuring lesion functional compromise is known to improve clinical outcomes...
Original title: The Negative Impact of Incomplete Angiographic Revascularization on Clinical Outcomes and Its Association With Total Occlusions. The SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) Trial. Reference: Vasim Farooq et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:282–94 In patients with complex coronary artery disease who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, (CABG), or percutaneous transluminal...